Tu Catherine Dao, DDS
General Practice Dentistry · Garden Grove, CA
Tu Catherine Dao, DDS is a general practice dentistry with a practice address in Garden Grove, California, and NPI 1902972938, issued on Nov 28, 2006. Check the license (California 46176, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tu Catherine Dao
- Credential
- DDS
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Dentistry 1223G0001X
- License number
- 46176 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12511 Brookhurst St, Garden Grove, CA 92840
- Phone
- (714) 530-9801
- Enumerated
- Nov 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 620-8217
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tu Catherine Dao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 46176Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice dentistry in 2024
14 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 83 among the 70,290 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $95.35
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; the largest payer was Premier Dental Products Company. The 41,669 providers of this specialty with any payment received $597.01 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Tu Catherine Dao among 17,852 general practice dentistry records in California
Tu Catherine Dao, DDS is one of 17,852 general practice dentistry records with a practice address in California. 57% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 71% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 57% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 79% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1223G0001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
86 general practice dentistry records list a practice address in Garden Grove
They are 86 of the 4,572 NPPES records with a practice address in Garden Grove, and 17,852 general practice dentistry records in California.
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Common questions
What is Tu Catherine Dao, DDS's NPI number?
Tu Catherine Dao, DDS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902972938, issued on Nov 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tu Catherine Dao, DDS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12511 Brookhurst St, Garden Grove, CA, 92840. Phone: (714) 530-9801. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tu Catherine Dao, DDS's license?
NPPES lists California license number 46176, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tu Catherine Dao, DDS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tu Catherine Dao, DDS had 14 Medicare Part D claims; the average among general practice dentistry prescribers was 83. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.